— According to Gartner's report, "despite the relative maturity of the RDBMS software market, organizations find that ongoing attention and investment continue to be a necessity because the RDBMS is fundamental to success in data-intensive initiatives such as corporate performance management (CPM), business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing."(2)

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"Gartner's findings show that Oracle is the industry's most popular database by more than a two to one margin over its closest competitor," said Willie Hardie, vice president of Database Product Marketing, Oracle. "Customers are turning to Oracle Database 11g to help them manage more data more efficiently and at a lower cost."